MCi Tours www.mcitours.com

Really sorry to read of your experience and ensuing rude and defensive responses from Mr Myers. Sadly our experience of this company completely backs up what you’ve written. Our review will follow in due course but I think you’ll find all the positive reviews for this company pre date Mr Myers purchase.

To add balance to this review, myself and a friend booked the self guided tour of Norway and Arctic Circle back in July 2014. Our experience was the total opposite to the one posted here. At £2800 it's not a cheap tour and we even used our own motorcycles taking the Ferry from Harwich to Esbjerg before it was cut, then the Hirtshals to Kristiansand crossing over to the Southern tip of Norway. Over the course of two weeks, we headed North upto the Arctic Circle via Voss, the beautiful Fjord of Geiranger, Molde & the fantastic Atlantic Highway, Trondheim, Mo-I-Rana & Bodo. The hotels were all of a good standard and most of the rooms had stunning views. It has to be said the weather can make all the difference to a motorcycle tour and we were very very fortunate as during the whole two weeks we only experienced approx. 2.5 Hrs of rain! We had expected cool temperatures and mostly damp or wet conditions but the weather was unusually hot and sunny, typically in the high 20C's and low 30C's the whole time. The whole experience was absolutely amazing, scenery, roads, food and Norwegian people. The tour was organised and supported by MCI who was very helpful and did a great job or organising everything so the tour went without a single hitch. I would certainly book another self guided tour with MCI so long as she is taking care of the organising. Norway is one of the best destinations to tour on a motorcycle, if you are lucky with the weather as we were, you won't be disappointed.

To Moderator of site: You appear to have put this in twice.

To JSPF: At no point have I accused you of being a deranged lunatic with a personality disorder.

To World at Large : For a more accurate picture read the unsolicited testimonials on our website mcitours.com

"Just a pity it rained."

If anything shows how completely you've missed my entire point that is it. This is the North Atlantic - rain is not a pity, it's a given. WE were properly prepared with appropriate wet-weather clothing and spares galore but no helmet in the world lets you look through clouds and rain at the landscapes you've travelled a couple of thousand miles and paid a substantial amount of money to see. And riding over passes in rain at 6 deg C was challenging and unpleasant even with my Rukka suit and heated grips let alone on the inadequate naked bike you hired for my companion. Great attention to detail, thanks. The whole point of a trip like this is to spend the daylight hours riding through stunning scenery. It is not to merely survive from bland chain hotel to bland chain hotel. The real "pity" in all of this is actually paying someone to organise a motorbike tour that cannot take account of such predicatable conditions. And don't add insult to injury with "That is not the way it works." That's the mantra of the uncaring and disinterested. Because if we'd done it "the way it works" with your utterly rigid itinerary we'd have had three more days of miserable riding instead of three days of great riding through stunning scenery we could actually see! Instead you would far rather your customer simply subvert their dream holiday to your administrative convenience and cost-cutting contracts. Actually I suggest you need to change the way YOU work to make the experience more flexible and accommodating.

For anyone still reading I shan't bother to defend myself against the somewhat wild accusations from MCIs post. Needless to say they are significant exagerrations with a small basis in fact. I have no vested interest in slagging MCI off except to save others from a similar experience. They on the other hand obviously have a vested interest in making you believe I am a deranged lunatic with a significant personality disorder and an axe to grind. Poetic licence excepted I wish them no ill-will, merely that they could provide a level of service commensurate with the charges not a "one-size-fits-all" solution.

I completely stand by my assertion that Norway is actually an easy destination to tackle alone - everyone speaks superb english (the only person I encountered who didn't was an immigrant) the scenery is spectacular, the infrastructure is simple and efficient and the costs of going it alone (and doing it better than the MCI offerings) are comfortably less than half of the MCI costs. If anyone doesn't want to spend a few hours on th/e internet or with a map and guide book planning a trip and another hour or two booking accommodation then by all means pay an extra £1500 and have someone suggest a perfectly pleasant itinerary and book it all for you. Just pray it doesn't rain.

"Just a pity it rained."

If anything shows how completely you've missed my entire point that is it. This is the North Atlantic - rain is not a pity, it's a given. WE were properly prepared with appropriate wet-weather clothing and spares galore but no helmet in the world lets you look through clouds and rain at the landscapes you've travelled a couple of thousand miles and paid a substantial amount of money to see. And riding over passes in rain at 6 deg C was challenging and unpleasant even with my Rukka suit and heated grips let alone on the inadequate naked bike you hired for my companion. Great attention to detail, thanks. The whole point of a trip like this is to spend the daylight hours riding through stunning scenery. It is not to merely survive from bland chain hotel to bland chain hotel. The real "pity" in all of this is actually paying someone to organise a motorbike tour that cannot take account of such predicatable conditions. And don't add insult to injury with "That is not the way it works." That's the mantra of the uncaring and disinterested. Because if we'd done it "the way it works" with your utterly rigid itinerary we'd have had three more days of miserable riding instead of three days of great riding through stunning scenery we could actually see! Instead you would far rather your customer simply subvert their dream holiday to your administrative convenience and cost-cutting contracts. Actually I suggest you need to change the way YOU work to make the experience more flexible and accommodating.

For anyone still reading I shan't bother to defend myself against the somewhat wild accusations from MCIs post. Needless to say they are significant exagerrations with a small basis in fact. I have no vested interest in slagging MCI off except to save others from a similar experience. They on the other hand obviously have a vested interest in making you believe I am a deranged lunatic with a significant personality disorder and an axe to grind. Poetic licence excepted I wish them no ill-will, merely that they could provide a level of service commensurate with the charges not a "one-size-fits-all" solution.

I completely stand by my assertion that Norway is actually an easy destination to tackle alone - everyone speaks superb english (the only person I encountered who didn't was an immigrant) the scenery is spectacular, the infrastructure is simple and efficient and the costs of going it alone (and doing it better than the MCI offerings) are comfortably less than half of the MCI costs. If anyone doesn't want to spend a few hours on th/e internet or with a map and guide book planning a trip and another hour or two booking accommodation then by all means pay an extra £1500 and have someone suggest a perfectly pleasant itinerary and book it all for you. Just pray it doesn't rain.

Just read the other reviews for a fairer picture of who we are and what we do. And yes, I was more than put out by what I thought was unfair criticism. I would much rather be perceived as defensive rather than dismissive. We really do try our best and after 25 years I think our record does actually speak for itself. If you did not come along DT how can you make an assessment?

Hi DT1001,

Lucky you read this review !

Try companies such as

http://www.motorcycletours.co.uk/

http://www.extramilebiketours.com/

http://www.msltours.co.uk

They usually cater for newer bikers with a bit more patience and understanding.

You haven't really done MCI tours any good with this ( and the above ) overly defensive attitude. The outcome you describe isn't really "learning" from it is it ? I was looking forward to booking a tour with MCI but having read this am less sure I will do so.

(Name removed) is a Police Officer and Bikesafe trainer and a man with huge tolerance towards the public. He is very good at what he does. But you have to be receptive to the messages you are being given and I really don't think it helped when you called him an (removed) in front of all the other members of the group...

Motorway speeds in Europe or the UK ? All of a sudden it sounds like someone is a struggling motorcyclist, just because they don't/or are not used to, riding at speeds of over 80MPH, which is obviously illegal in their country of origin.Have you seen my driving licence ? It's gained 3 points in 8 years, owing to a speeding fine whilst riding a motorcycle, and 'not' whilst in the car that I drive 30,000 miles a year in.

Do people 'have' to be screamed at, insulted and berated, whilst they are on holiday !! Surely there is a more reasonable solution to the situation of the rider, that would prefer to ride at their own pace ?